DR. JIN SHANG

Dr. Jin Shang is an assistant professor leading GasTech Laboratory (Gas Adsorption, Separation, Storage, and Catalysis) in the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong. He did his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne and postdoc work at the University of Melbourne and Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Shang specializes in molecular adsorption, separation, and storage using porous materials such as zeolites and metal-organic frameworks. His research is focused on understanding the fundamental physical chemistry of molecular adsorption process via combined experimental and computational methods, in order to rationally develop high-performance adsorbents. The target applications include carbon capture and utilization, methane purification from natural gas/biogas/coal seam gas/landfill gas, nitrogen oxides removal and abatement, volatile organic compounds removal, energy gas storage, etc. Dr. Shang has published 68 papers (h-index 20, citations 1096, as of May 2020) in journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Science, Advanced Science, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Chemical Communications, Chemical Engineering Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, etc.

Vision

At GasTech Laboratory, we turn our fundamental knowledge of adsorption and cutting-edge porous materials into the next generation of ‘smart adsorbents’ for the benefit of the society. But what exactly does that mean? We think of a smart adsorbent as a game-changing application, utilising the advanced materials we engineer and the adsorption processes we tailor in our laboratories, to create new energy and environmental solutions that improve people’s lives.

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We collaborate with experts from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, UK, South Korea, Singapore, Europe, and US to create technologies to address some of today’s most challenging global problems. Some examples are carbon capture, storage, and utilization as a response to climate change, hydrocarbons purification for providing energy and chemicals formanufacturing and transportation, toxic/harmful gases/vapors removal for

Lab Tour

Apart from facilities for routine microscopy and spectroscopy studies, we have (or privileged access to) unique and cutting-edge research facilities for our research. Some examples are listed below.

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Parr Reactor for high P/T and high throughput (catalytic) reaction and adsorbents/catalysts synthesis

Micromeritics Autochem HP 2950 with Mass Spec and TCD for high P/T gas adsorption and catalysis study

Micromeritics 3Flex for low P (corrosive) gas/vapor adsorption study

In-house built breakthrough and P/TSA apparatus for dynamic (mixture) gas adsorption and separation study as well as process demonstration

In-house built gas storage apparatus for high P (up to 150 bar) and variant T gas storage study

PXRD beamline@Australian Synchrotron for advanced gas adsorption/catalysis study at atomic scale

XAS beamline@Australian Synchrotron for advanced gas adsorption/catalysis study at atomic scale

In-house built environmental cell (together designed by PI Shang and the Principle Scientist at the Australian Synchrotron) for in situ gas adsorption/catalysis study at various temperatures and gas atmosphere

Density functional theory license and package for theoretical simulations complimentary to experimental study